The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-19

Melpomene. In 1879 Mile Jose, of Cher
oourg, and III lsoO Mr.. Crockford. of Dieppe,
an English ship owner, repeated the expert
ment, My guests tremble a good deal out
SIDE the door, but once inside the cage seem
10 master their emotion. The women al
ways show more pluck"
mad been looking out of the window of
the billiard room, and had seen some pea
COCKS sJruttlng about the garden.
Are You superStitiousF' l asked
All! No. 49,
NO. | alluded to the peacock
i am not superstitious at all That is all
nonsense about Is. Would YOU not rather
take 10000 than 120O0f! OF course
W ell, then Alexiano is superstitious, and so
IS my wife. She breads Friday on the
10TH OF the month, and won't stir out of the
mousse nor buy anything on such a day. |
gave my first performance in Paris on Fri
day, the 18th of the month. and it was in
ParlS made my great success For as YOU
see, have been very successful. | attribute
my success to my firmneSs of will and to
economy. Economy is the great secret |
was very poor and very unhappy when |
was lad You see me now, at ~, rich,
prosperous and famous Win, will and en-
eIgy are the weapons a man needs. With
these l mastered my hons first, and the
world afterward. But to succeed you must
have money, and if you have no fortune
you must save. This is what l did
THE COST OF LIONS KEEP.
"Apropos of economy, you must have
heavy expersesf
Yes, calculate my expenses in Paris at
about l2,000f a month, and it is at
Paris we spend least. At Bordeaux | spent
l,lOf- day, and of course when we
are travelling in our special train we spend
lar more. The expenses include food for
the beasts, rent for space, and the tax on
entertainments, which goes to the public
assistance office. use one horse a day to
feed my animals. We give them beef
twice week. One day in the month they
last. 4 lion eats twenty pounds of flesh
per diem, and drinks two quarts of cows
milk every morning. The polar bears get
fish oil twice week. Then there is the
loss of the beasts to be considered. There
Is terrible mortality by consumption
among lions, and a lion is worth
from 20000f. to 30,000f. The cost price
of a lion, Unframed. is 5000 That is what l
paid for Sultan. WHO is now worth at least
&, 600. He is the most magnificent speci-
men of a black-maned Atlas lion in Europe.
You must consider the capital we have to
sink in our subjects when you calculate
our expenses. On the other hand, the re-
ceipts are good Neuiliy fair is one of the
most productive of the places we visit. We
give two performances every night and
make daily average receipt or zoo, I'm
Sundays we usually make 600 Or e120, but
with six performances at reduced prices. |
forgot to mention one item of expense,
which is the band We only employ French
men, and they are more expensive than Ger
mans. | have not had a single German en-
plOye since 1871. You saw what fuss was
made because my colleague Pezon had a
German band He has had to dismiss them
and employ Frenchmen. The Germans are
being bounded out of every establishment
in the business
NJ. Bide then again invited me to take
cue which | did to my complete discOm-
future While playing l asked him if in the
daytime he ever felt any apprehension of
danger. He answered that he never had
any such feelings. His days were spent in
quiet home life in the company of his wife
and children-a sturdy little boy and a re-
markedly beautiful girl of 10, who appears
to be wonderfully intelligent and advanced
in her education. Il cultivate my roses and
of an afternoon | play billiards In the
evening / drive over to Neuillv and conduct
my entertainment. You have seen to-day
how we live. 1t is never otherwise